https://www.chron.com/business/article/hewlett-packard-layoffs-houston-20212940.php
created by chrondotcom on 10/03/2025 at 15:19 UTC
448 upvotes, 13 top-level comments (showing 13)
Comment by wo_lo_lo at 10/03/2025 at 15:33 UTC
388 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yet they continue to post the same job listings month after month after month.
Comment by Urbanttrekker at 10/03/2025 at 15:29 UTC
235 upvotes, 3 direct replies
"CEO Antonio Neri, on a conference call with analysts on Friday, said, "We could have executed better.""
But instead of firing the people in charge, they'll fire a bunch of middle class people who were just trying to do the jobs they were given.
Guy got $20 million to perform poorly.
Comment by spiral6 at 10/03/2025 at 17:01 UTC
26 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Just hoping to keep my job right now.
Comment by No_Adhesiveness1345 at 10/03/2025 at 16:12 UTC
68 upvotes, 1 direct replies
All of these layoffs happening while social service programs are being cut drastically.
Comment by RuleSubverter at 10/03/2025 at 15:31 UTC
154 upvotes, 4 direct replies
It's a MAGA world. Layoffs everywhere: energy, tech, no one's safe.
Comment by DelMarYouKnow at 10/03/2025 at 18:39 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not 2,500 in Houston. Chron is making this unclear for clickbait. The majority of these layoffs will be abroad. There will probably be a mass US based series of layoffs if the Juniper deal gets approved, but the majority of those will be in California where both networking divisions are based in
Comment by SexAndKennedy at 10/03/2025 at 15:55 UTC
57 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Trump - I did this!
Comment by DavidAg02 at 10/03/2025 at 16:30 UTC
22 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Chevron and HP both announcing layoffs in Houston.
Good thig Apple is creating some jobs here.
Comment by htownbob at 10/03/2025 at 16:37 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
How we all liking that make America jobless again economy kids ?
Comment by Lacotte at 10/03/2025 at 17:45 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Rookie numbers compared to that period during 2016-2018. But still, feel really bad for everyone being ~~laid off~~ fired. I don't understand how HPE still has 60k+ employees though.
Comment by cwfutureboy at 10/03/2025 at 16:53 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Brought to you by "the political Party best suited to Economics".
Comment by quetzalcoatlus1453 at 10/03/2025 at 17:40 UTC
2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
TIL that HPE was “Houston based” (presumably the carcass of the old Compaq?)
Comment by ThePorko at 10/03/2025 at 16:06 UTC
3 upvotes, 4 direct replies
No clue how they stayed open this long, we stopped buying their products years ago.